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May 1910. St. Louis, Mo. "Two boys working in Inland Type Foundry, 12th & Locust. Work 9 to 10 hours a day. Noon." Photo by Lewis Hine. View full size.
They may work long hours, but they sure do look well-dressed and in fine shape. I wonder what they went on to do in life.
My grandfather was a letterpress "foundry boy." His job was to take all the little letters and put them in wooden boxes. A's in this box, B's in that box, etc. He said it was easy but monotonous.
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